i just got the go-ahead for RA!... so i'll finally get to meet everyone (that is, unless i get in trouble again....*crosses fingers)
hopefully my leg is feeling better so i can ride around on my bike... errr...bicycle that is. i just had cathater surgury on my heart yesterday and they went in through my femoral artery... so i have a nice lovely bruise ;D... but at least i get to go.... besides, i could always have nate pedal my rear end around RA on his handle bars.... that is what boyfriends are for, right? ;D
-jennifer
Curious...
Radio Frequency Ablation (sp?)
Dawn ;)
come again? ???
-jennifer
yes i'm curious too, for i do intraoperative
angiography for a living. what exactly did you
have done. were you seen in the cath lab?
Benj.
hope all is well. :D
It's a procedure, Jen. With your medical knowledge, I thought you would've known about that one. Google is great! ;D It's a procedure for people with an arrhythmia.
Dawn: What Jen has was different. I don't remember the name, But I'll look for it or ask her later.
Amplaster (sp?)
My Daughter needs that next year.
By the way....isn't that my...errrr..Eddie's Dancin' Banana?? >:(
that is a peanut isn't it?
good to hear? thought maybe some youngster
needed angioplasty for an occluded vessel. ???
Benj.
oh yeah i'm at work right now loungen getting paid
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Benj.
Here's a link for the procedure I described...
http://www.nscardiology.com/ub_sp9701.htm
Dawn ;)
Its the cycleforums.net banana.....
As far as the procedure itself.... Jen wont be around till later tonight, so I'll describe it as best I can. I know she knows the name of it, though.
From waht I understand, there's a vessel connecting something in your heart that hardens or closes at/near birth. Hers never closed, so she had some blood shortcutting the body and just circulating through the heart/lungs, IIRC.
They went in there with a tube, and then placed a coil in her vessel which they then unraveled. This coil will allow the heart to build a wall on the entrance/exit to the vessel so it gets closed up. I think that's right. Anyone familiar with a procedure like this? Got the name for it?
Jen will post later today I'm sure with the name and proper description. Mine might be off.
My daughter has a hole between two chambers of her heart. She will have to go through something that sounds very similar to what Jen did.
The Doc wants to wait 'til she's bigger (she's only 2 now).
Oh Boy...we're anxiously awaiting that...let me tell you. :'( :'( :'(
AHA! Here it is. I called her and got the name: She had a Patent Ductus Arteriosus. Here's a link to more info:
http://www.pennhealth.com/ency/article/001560.htm
Obviously hers was more minor than this, as they didn't find out about it until recently, and she's certainly a lot older than 2. So, they used a cardio catheterization? procedure to fix this, or at least do something to allow the body to fix it.
QuoteMy daughter has a hole between two chambers of her heart. She will have to go through something that sounds very similar to what Jen did.
The Doc wants to wait 'til she's bigger (she's only 2 now).
Oh Boy...we're anxiously awaiting that...let me tell you. :'( :'( :'(
Take heart (opps, bad pun) Dave.
Our daughter was born with SVT (Super Ventricular Tachacardia) but it took some time to diagnose. Even before she was born we knew there problems, so... that's why we stopped at one child (too long and involved of a story).
Renee was on high doses of medication to control her heart rate because they were waiting until she "got bigger" to do the surgery. She had it at 5 years of age.
You are going through a stressful time, and it will be until the surgery and the recovery is done. I am thankful for the technology of modern medicine. Plus, if you need to, stay at one of the Ronald McDonald Houses. They are absolutely wonderful!
Dawn ;)
QuoteAHA! Here it is. I called her and got the name: She had a Patent Ductus
Arteriosis.
yes...the Cardiologist or Radiologist will run a
catheter up the Femoral artery into the Iliac artery
then finally into the Aorta then it(the catheter)
travels up the Aorta into the arch of the Aorta(which
is connected directly to the heart) from there, with
the aid of a radiopaque contrast media(x-ray dye)
they will do a series of angiograms to insert the
catheter into the proper vessel that needs to be repaired or in this case surgicaly occluded(closed).
Now here is the really cool part: this catheter has
a pos. and a neg. electrode on the end of it. electrical current is applied to the catheter thus deploying(releasing into the vessel) the metal coil.
This coil is treated with a clotting agent which in turn
tells the body to create thrombin(clot) the clot fills
the vessel, thus occluding the patent(open) duct(vessel). In time that clot will harden and the
vessel will be no more. therefore no more blood
backing-up in the heart ...no more arrhythmia!!!!
I think about sums it up :D
Benj.
Still loungin', right Benj? ;) ;D
Facinating post, and I actually understood it.
Dawn :)
yep, that's pretty much what they did to me in a scientific nutshell.... it was a relatively small opening, only about 2.5 mm in diameter, so me and my docs only found out about it a few months ago while searching for the cause/cure to my asthma (inhalers do absolutely nothing for me). it wasnt a huge thing, and it prolly wont fix the asthma at all, but the docs thought it would be best to go in and fix it. i was seen in the cath lab, and it didnt really hurt, except for when i got a major cramp in my leg while they were inserting the cathater. it was really cool since i was awake for the whole thing and i got to see the xrays they were taking as they put the coil in place. i got a major migrane afterwards from the morphine (and all the darn kids crying in the short stay area (i had this done at Children's Hospital)). i've got a sore leg and a nice bruise where they inserted the catheter, but other than that i'm perfectly fine and i'm glad i had it done :-)
-jennifer
WOW! :o
Dave- i hope all goes well with your daughter's proceedure and that she is up and runnin around doing all that stuff that little girls do as soon as possible (when she does have to have it done that is) :)
it wasnt that bad of a proceedure at all. the only thing that sucked was the headache afterwards and the pain in my leg/side area (which the docs had never heard of. they had to take an extra x-ray to make sure they hadnt poked something vital, that would've sucked ::)). and it felt kinda cool when they pulled the catheter out of my leg... kinda like a tape worm or something ;)
the absolutely he-larious thing is that now i'm having a tad bit of car trouble, so there is a slim (2%) chance that i wont be making it to RA.... so, i get to get up at 8 tomorrow morning and take the car in just for a stupid "check engine" light, or else the 'rents wont let me drive it. fun stuff. :-/
-jennifer
well Jen, glad to hear you are doing better...
and they all thought i was some sort of silly motor-
head crazy motorcycle racer.
BTW, the orthopaedic(bone surgeons) doc's just
love hearing about my racing adventures. they
can't wait to see me in the E.R.
Just as long as the bike doesn't have asthma ;D ;D
Later,
Benj.